At least three boats were damaged in a vandalism spree at a marina in a Pittsburgh suburb, with anti-Semitic messages written on the walls of one boat.

“It’s hard to imagine that anybody could hate somebody this bad,” said Lisa Roemer, owner of one of the boats that was vandalized.

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Roemer’s 1966 Chris Craft Roamer has been in her family for three generations. They use it as their summer home and even had a 50th birthday party for it this summer. Right now, it’s dry docked for the winter at Logans Ferry Marina in Plum.

Sometime between Dec. 10 and the day after Christmas, someone broke into the boat and trashed it. Its gauges were destroyed and several containers of DampRid were dumped on the floor and furniture. The vandals carved “pay me” into a hatch and several swastikas into the walls, along with the words “Hitler was right”.

“When you have ‘die’ written on your bedroom wall, it’s very personal,” Roemer said.

The intruders also emptied several liquor bottles, leading Roemer to believe they probably spent hours on the boat.

Two other boats were also hit, but the damage was less severe. Roemer says repairs to her boat will likely cost tens of thousands of dollars, mostly because its gauges are old and hard to replace.

The owner of Logans Ferry Marina said he plans to add more lights and, and he’s offering a $500 reward for information to catch the people responsible for this month’s vandalism.